Crime and Criminal Justice: Concepts and Controversies
Video and Multimedia
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Video Link
Video 1: Police Use of Force Comes into Question After Surveillance Video Emerges
Description: Police use of force comes into question following surveillance of an arrest of a pursuit suspect shows a K9 released on suspect.
Video 2: Deadly Force
Description: Why the Dallas cop who killed her neighbor might have trouble with a “deadly force” defense.
Audio Link
Audio 1: After Stephon Clark Shooting, Questions Remain About Police Use of Force
Description: Hundreds of BLM protesters marched through the streets of Sacramento on March 30 demanding justice for Stephon Clark, who was shot and killed by Sacramento police on March 18. An independent autopsy commissioned by the Clark family revealed that Stephon Clark had been shot eight times with most of the shots hitting him in the back.
Audio 2: Body Cam Study Shows No Effect on Police Use of Force or Citizen Complaints
Description: Having police officers wear little cameras seems to have no discernible impact on citizen complaints or officers’ use of force, at least in the nation’s capital.
Web Resources
Web Link 1: Police Use of Force
Web Link 2: Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department